Tailor&#39;s measure for trousers.



No. 653,560. v Patented July -l0, I900.

' A. PAUL.

TAIL0BS MEASURE FUR TROUSERS.

(Application filed Aug. 10, 1899.)

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' UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ARTHUR PAUL, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. I

TAILORS MEASURE FOR TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,560, dated July 10, 1900. Appllcatlonfiled Au u t 10, 1899- Serlal No. 726,779. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR PAUL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Tailors Pants-Measure, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to tailors measures, and more particularly to tailors measures for laying off pantaloons or trousers.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and reliable measure whereby a tailor can quickly and accurately take the proper meaures from the person to enable him to unerringly lay off pantaloons to accurately fit the customer.

With this object in View my invention con sists in the improved construction, arrange ment, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and afterward specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly apper= tains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is aview in elevation, illustrating an instrument constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the plane indicated by the broken line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts in both figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 3 indicates a plate of metal, preferably brass, provided with an upwardly=curved arm 4 at its front edge and provided with an extension 5, hinged to said arm, whereby it may be folded down upon the arm in order to decrease the length of the instrument for purposes of storage and transportation.

6 indicates a horizontal arm secured to and extending backwardly from plate 3 at its lower edge and provided on its face with a ratchet-bar 7-.

8 indicates a slide' fitted upon arm 6, to which ispivoted a pawl 9, engaging the teeth of the ratchet-bar and normally held in contact therewith by means of a spring 10.

11 indicates a plate similar in shape to plate 3 and provided with an arm 12, curved similarly to arm 4, but in the opposite direction. The plate 3, arm 4, and hinged extension 5 are graduated in inches from the inner upper corner of the plate to the end of the ex= tension, and the horizontal arm 6 is similarly graduated from left to right, as illustrated, starting from the inner edge of plate 3.

13 indicatesa perforated lug or ear extending downward from the lower edge of plate 3, to which is pivotally connected a folding measuring-strip 14, also graduated in inches from the upper inner corner-plate 3. The corner of the plate3 is formed by making the horizontal arm of a less width than the main portion of the plate and is on a line with the lug 13, so that the strip 14 falls vertically beneath said shoulder. The shoulder or cornor is of the same height as the slide 8, so that when the slide is 'abutted against the shoulders the inner edges of the plate and the slide will form a curve the center of which will be directly above the inner edge of the strip 11 and from which all measurements are taken. For this reason the measurements will be correct, as they will be taken from a common point, and when the slide is drawn back to fit the person the scale on the arm will indicate the distance it has been moved without changing the relative positions of the other measurements.

In practice the instrument is placed in the crotch or between the legs of the person to be measured, with the arm 4 and extension 5 extending upward in front and the arm 12 in the rear, the slide 8, plate 11, and arm 12 being adjusted backward 0n the horizontal arm 6 to lit the person and held against further movement during the measuring by'pawl 9 engaging the teeth of ratchet-bar 7. The height to which the pants are to be cut on the body is then indicated on arm at or extension 5 and measurements of the girth of the body taken at points indicated in inches thereon. The seat-measure is indicated by the position of the slide on the horizontal arm, and the seam-measurements are indicated on the folding strip 14:.

By means of this instrument the workof the cutter is simplified and rendered easy and rapid and danger of many errors avoided.

While I have illustrated and described what I consider the best means now known to me for carrying out my invention, I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact forms and constructions shown,as many slight changes therein or variations therefrom might suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic, all of which would be clearly included within the limit and scope of my in- Vention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a tailors pants-measure, the combination with a curved plateprovided with alateral arm and a shoulder and a depending lug,

ARTHUR PAUL.

Witnesses:

OHAs. LANNOM, H. W. KLUGMAN. 

